TY - GEN
T1 - Engaging Stakeholders to Circular Economy Ecosystems
T2 - ISPIM Connects Conference
AU - Kaipainen, Jenni
AU - Uusikartano, Jarmo
AU - Aarikka-Stenroos, Leena
AU - Harala, Linnea
AU - Alakerttula, Johanna
AU - Pohls, Eeva-Leena
N1 - JUFOID=82150
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Diverse ecosystems aiming for system-level circular innovation require an extensive range of stakeholders who need to be engaged with varying stakeholder engagement processes. However, best practices for managing diverse processes for stakeholder engagement remain underexplored, particularly in circular economy (CE) ecosystems. We provide critically lacking empirical and temporal stakeholder engagement insights by conducting a processual, in-depth analysis of six CE ecosystem cases: company-centered ecosystem, locally-based CE ecosystem, industrial symbiosis, and national-level beverage recycling, nutrient recycling, and construction industry ecosystems. By examining engagement processes displayed via development of stakeholder relationships, communications, and innovating/learning over time, we find and define two distinctive engagement modes: reactive and proactive. We propose a process model for harnessing these modes depending on CE ecosystem's level of organization and intended outcomes. This model and findings contribute to the intersection of circular economy, ecosystem, and stakeholder management research, and support managers engaging stakeholders for developing system-level circular innovation.
AB - Diverse ecosystems aiming for system-level circular innovation require an extensive range of stakeholders who need to be engaged with varying stakeholder engagement processes. However, best practices for managing diverse processes for stakeholder engagement remain underexplored, particularly in circular economy (CE) ecosystems. We provide critically lacking empirical and temporal stakeholder engagement insights by conducting a processual, in-depth analysis of six CE ecosystem cases: company-centered ecosystem, locally-based CE ecosystem, industrial symbiosis, and national-level beverage recycling, nutrient recycling, and construction industry ecosystems. By examining engagement processes displayed via development of stakeholder relationships, communications, and innovating/learning over time, we find and define two distinctive engagement modes: reactive and proactive. We propose a process model for harnessing these modes depending on CE ecosystem's level of organization and intended outcomes. This model and findings contribute to the intersection of circular economy, ecosystem, and stakeholder management research, and support managers engaging stakeholders for developing system-level circular innovation.
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications : Tutkimusraportit
BT - Proceedings of ISPIM Connects Valencia
PB - Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto
Y2 - 29 November 2021 through 1 December 2021
ER -